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diff --git a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt index 13f34d3ca2..39d326abc6 100644 --- a/Documentation/fetch-options.txt +++ b/Documentation/fetch-options.txt @@ -1,41 +1,128 @@ --a, \--append:: +--all:: + Fetch all remotes. + +-a:: +--append:: Append ref names and object names of fetched refs to the existing contents of `.git/FETCH_HEAD`. Without this option old data in `.git/FETCH_HEAD` will be overwritten. -\--upload-pack <upload-pack>:: - When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled - by 'git-fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to - the command to specify non-default path for the command - run on the other end. +--depth=<depth>:: + Deepen the history of a 'shallow' repository created by + `git clone` with `--depth=<depth>` option (see linkgit:git-clone[1]) + by the specified number of commits. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +--dry-run:: + Show what would be done, without making any changes. +endif::git-pull[] --f, \--force:: - When `git-fetch` is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>` +-f:: +--force:: + When 'git fetch' is used with `<rbranch>:<lbranch>` refspec, it refuses to update the local branch `<lbranch>` unless the remote branch `<rbranch>` it fetches is a descendant of `<lbranch>`. This option overrides that check. -\--no-tags:: - By default, `git-fetch` fetches tags that point at - objects that are downloaded from the remote repository - and stores them locally. This option disables this - automatic tag following. +-k:: +--keep:: + Keep downloaded pack. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +--multiple:: + Allow several <repository> and <group> arguments to be + specified. No <refspec>s may be specified. --t, \--tags:: +-p:: +--prune:: + After fetching, remove any remote-tracking branches which + no longer exist on the remote. +endif::git-pull[] + +ifdef::git-pull[] +--no-tags:: +endif::git-pull[] +ifndef::git-pull[] +-n:: +--no-tags:: +endif::git-pull[] + By default, tags that point at objects that are downloaded + from the remote repository are fetched and stored locally. + This option disables this automatic tag following. The default + behavior for a remote may be specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt + setting. See linkgit:git-config[1]. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +-t:: +--tags:: Most of the tags are fetched automatically as branch heads are downloaded, but tags that do not point at objects reachable from the branch heads that are being tracked will not be fetched by this mechanism. This flag lets all tags and their associated objects be - downloaded. + downloaded. The default behavior for a remote may be + specified with the remote.<name>.tagopt setting. See + linkgit:git-config[1]. --k, \--keep:: - Keep downloaded pack. +--recurse-submodules[=yes|on-demand|no]:: + This option controls if and under what conditions new commits of + populated submodules should be fetched too. It can be used as a + boolean option to completely disable recursion when set to 'no' or to + unconditionally recurse into all populated submodules when set to + 'yes', which is the default when this option is used without any + value. Use 'on-demand' to only recurse into a populated submodule + when the superproject retrieves a commit that updates the submodule's + reference to a commit that isn't already in the local submodule + clone. --u, \--update-head-ok:: - By default `git-fetch` refuses to update the head which +--no-recurse-submodules:: + Disable recursive fetching of submodules (this has the same effect as + using the '--recurse-submodules=no' option). + +--submodule-prefix=<path>:: + Prepend <path> to paths printed in informative messages + such as "Fetching submodule foo". This option is used + internally when recursing over submodules. + +--recurse-submodules-default=[yes|on-demand]:: + This option is used internally to temporarily provide a + non-negative default value for the --recurse-submodules + option. All other methods of configuring fetch's submodule + recursion (such as settings in linkgit:gitmodules[5] and + linkgit:git-config[1]) override this option, as does + specifying --[no-]recurse-submodules directly. +endif::git-pull[] + +-u:: +--update-head-ok:: + By default 'git fetch' refuses to update the head which corresponds to the current branch. This flag disables the - check. Note that fetching into the current branch will not - update the index and working directory, so use it with care. + check. This is purely for the internal use for 'git pull' + to communicate with 'git fetch', and unless you are + implementing your own Porcelain you are not supposed to + use it. + +--upload-pack <upload-pack>:: + When given, and the repository to fetch from is handled + by 'git fetch-pack', '--exec=<upload-pack>' is passed to + the command to specify non-default path for the command + run on the other end. + +ifndef::git-pull[] +-q:: +--quiet:: + Pass --quiet to git-fetch-pack and silence any other internally + used git commands. Progress is not reported to the standard error + stream. + +-v:: +--verbose:: + Be verbose. +endif::git-pull[] +--progress:: + Progress status is reported on the standard error stream + by default when it is attached to a terminal, unless -q + is specified. This flag forces progress status even if the + standard error stream is not directed to a terminal. |